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The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…
The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: revised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as love the truth, and desire to know the power of godliness. By H.H.The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: reuised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as loue the truth, and desire to know the power of godlinesse. By H.H.
London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for William Welby, 1612London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for VVilliam VVelby, 1612
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So that this then is the true use of Christian faith mingled with love, that who so is come to Christ, as we are, our wisdom may sustain their error, and our strength may support their weakness, and as Christ did bear with his weak disciples, so must we with our weak brethren, not counting them as no Christians, because of infirm judgement they dissent from us in some particular, but in love overcome their infirmities, because they consent with us in the general The sum hereof is also set down 1. C••. 3. 11. Other foundation can no man l•y, than that which is ••id, Jesus Christ. 12. And if any man build upon this foundation▪ gold, silver, precious s•ones, timber, h•y, •r ••u•ble, 13. Every mans wor•e shall be made manifest: for the day s•all declare it, because it shall be revealed by the fire: and the fire shall •rie every man work, of what sort it is. 14. If any mans work that he hath built upon, abide, he shall receive wages: 15. If any mans work burn, he shall lose, but he shall be safe himself: neverth•l•ss• yet as it were by the fire. In which place we see, that so long as we be in Christ by faith and repentance, although our faith be mingled with some weakness, and our repentance with some error, though we build with our gold, silver and precious stones, some timber, hay, or st•bble; yet the Lord will bear with us, much more then for this respect in like causes must we •eare one wi•h another Now for example sake the Apostle bringeth in this instance: On• bel••uth t he my te of all things, and antr which is weke, eateth herbs &c. Some think that this eating of all things was meant of the Romans, and that the eating of herbs was understood of the Jews then being at Rome. But this seemeth not